*9th PLANNER 2014 * *(Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North East Region)* *Venue & Date*: Dibrugarh University, Assam. September 25-27, 2014 *About PLANNER: * Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region (PLANNER) is a special convention organized by INFLIBNET in collaboration with different universities of North Eastern States to promote library automation and networking. PLANNER 2014 is 9th PLANNER in the series. This convention will provide a forum to LIS professionals to discuss and interact on the new challenges & dynamism for re-defining the library and information services to meet the demands of the end users in digital era. The PLANNER- 2014 is being organised in collaboration with* Dibrugarh University, Assam during September 25-27, 2014 in Assam.* *Theme & Sub Themes* *Theme*: Capacity Building in Library and Information Services *Sub Themes 1: Capacity Building through Collaboration* · Consortium · Networking · Collaboration tools · e-Content Portals · Case studies *Sub Themes 2:* *Institutional Capacity Building* · Professional Excellence (Education/Research/Training) · Facilitating research and its evaluation: API and other benchmarks · Evaluation of Institutional Research Output *Sub Themes 3:*. *Role of ICT in Capacity Building* · Open source tools and techniques, Collaborative infrastructure · Digital library and digital preservation, Institutional repository, · Cloud based services. The Programme committee solicits high quality technical papers related to the above theme and sub-themes. All papers will go through a process of review and accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings. We strongly encourage you to send the final, version of your article electronically through Online. The paper can also be sent through email planner2014@inflibnet.ac.in as an attachment. *Last Date for Submission of Paper: July 15, 2014* *further details please contact:* Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Scientist-C (CS) *Convener * INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar-382007 Phone : 079-23268280 planner2014@inflibnet.ac.in -- With regards, Saroj kumar Scientific & Technical Assistant - I (LS) NFLIBNET Centre Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007 Tel: 079-23268243 Mob: 09723115671 Email: saroj@inflibnet.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.